At first, we were apprehensive—surely makeup trickery of these proportions would require a diploma. However, it's easier than you'd think. We're 99 per cent sure you already have the tools to do this at home.

We'll allow Desi to explain…

Step 1: Apply a spot treatment

First, she seals the zit using a combination of moisturiser, followed by tea tree oil. "The reason I'm using Belif The True Cream Aqua Bomb is because I need a cream to… dilute the tea tree oil that I'm also going to use to spot treat my breakouts with—so that they're healing and I seal them."

Step 2: Foundation

"I like to sheer down my foundation and give myself an all-over application that I would if I wasn't breaking out. I take my Armani Luminous Silk Foundation and I like to dilute it with M.A.C. Strobe Cream."

Step 3: Focus on your problem areas

Using a Beauty Blender, "do the lightest little pounces onto your breakout areas… When I push the foundation onto my skin, I put it on the areas that need the most coverage. Then, I'll really blend the edges [around the zit.]"

Step 4: Spot conceal

"Now we want to spot conceal all those break outs because even if your foundation does a good job of covering, throughout the day our foundation starts to wear down." Apply the concealer to the spots. Next, take a brush and tap on the blemish a few times to blend. Then blend the area surrounding the zit to feather the product out.

Step 6: Apply powder to zits

"When I have those bumpier breakouts, I take the M.A.C. Studio Fix Powder—this stuff is really full coverage. If you have something that's sticking out, you want to push this on it and then around it."

Step 7: Turn your worst break out into a beauty spot

"My favourite trick is turning larger bumps or break outs into beauty marks. I use a really fine liner brush and the Melt Rott Eyeshadow Stack—I think it's a nice dark brown to use. I focus in the highest point of the break out and lightly press on it. When I turn my face, what looked like a bump is now going to be a little beauty mark."

"Then, after you've created the marks, go back in with a little bit of powder and just press over them—it's going to make them look more natural because the rest of your face has powder over it."